Police are warning the Oakland Hills neighborhood about a rash of frightening robberies starting at the Redwood Road Safeway. It seems "at least half a dozen shoppers have been targeted leaving a grocery store, followed home, and robbed." And most of the have been elderly women. more ›

The woman whose nude body was found Friday at the entrance to a bike path off Skyline Blvd. in the Oakland Hills has been identified as Jill Marie Abbott, age 40, of Richmond. Police believe Abbott died elsewhere and her body was brought here. more ›

Did you see (video footage) all that smoke (pictures) yesterday? A fire at 17th and Noe Street between the Mission and the Castro at around 6:30 yesterday evening displaced at least 14 people, and sent seven to the hospital for smoke inhalation. One man had to be rescued off the roof. The fire spread to the building next door too, but firefighters managed to put it out before that building was too damaged. The SFFD is still investigating the cause of the fire, though one witness said she'd been repeatedly complaining to her landlord about pot smokers in the building. more ›

--Meet Tapioca Ed's "consultant" friend. more ›

-Yesterday, on a beautiful, sunny September afternoon (before the fog rolled in), blues was heard, butless leather chaps were worn, and freaky people danced. We stayed in. more ›

A cement truck overturned on the 7100 block of Thorndale Road in the Oakland Hills. The driver apparently got lost in the windy roads and then somehow ended up sideways in a ditch. No one was hurt, but they had to haul out two tow trucks with cranes to pull up the downed vehicle. more ›

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